Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen is an
indie rock group of the
1980s and
90s, featuring Ian McCulloch of the Crucial Three), Will Seargent, Pete de Freitas, and Les Pattinson. Their debut album was
1980's
Crocodiles, which was a moderate UK hit. Their second album,
Heaven Up Here, reached the Top Ten as did
Porcupine and
Ocean Rain. Singles like "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "The Cutter" helped keep the group in the public eye as they took a brief hiatus in the late
1980s. Their
1987 self-titled LP was a small American hit, their only LP to have significant sales there. McCulloch quit the band in
1988, and the others decided to continue. De Freitas was killed in a car accident one year later. The band reformed in
1997 and released
Evergreen and
What Are You Going to Do with Your Life. The group's old audience liked the return to their classic sound, and they also managed to gain a number of new, younger listeners.
- To be merged :
Echo and the Bunnymen are a popular British pop band of the
1980s that released the songs "Bring on the Dancing Horses" and "The Killing Moon" (which was the title track for the movie
Donnie Darko).
The name 'Echo' was the name of a drum machine.